Today in 1647 the Putney debates began between Oliver Cromwell and the army commanders and the rank and file of the New Model Army. Read here about London and Parliament following the defeat and imprisonment of Charles I thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/tow…

By the 19thC the churchyards of the City were overflowing, bodies buried on top of others. Land owned by the 2nd Duke of Wellington at Manor Park was purchased and the City of London Cemetery opened for new burials. Many remains from City churchyards have also been reinterred.

The London-born artist William Hogarth died at his home at Leicester Square today in 1764. Read here about his life thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/wil…

The St. Katharine Docks were opened today in 1828. To create them 11,000 people were displaced from their homes and an ancient and historic church destroyed. Read here about the creation of the St. Katharine Docks thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/st-…

The opulent Dudley House is one of the last surviving grand houses on Park Lane. It was rebuilt for the Earl of Dudley in the 1820s, replacing the former house of the Earls of Dudley that was acquired by the family in the 1740s. It remains as a private residence.

Named after the Brownlow family, local landowners on which the mews was built. Dickens then used the name in Oliver Twist.

The East India Docks were opened at Blackwall in East London in 1806 for ships bringing tea, spices, silk and other goods from the Far East. Read the history of the East India Docks here thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/the…

Possibly, but it was only developed in the same year he died. It was originally named Orange Street and was one of several later renamed in his honour, including nearby Dorrit Street.

Yes, you're correct. It was definitely in Little Dorrit.

This wall survives from the notorious Marshalsea Prison at Borough in South London, which closed in 1842. The father of Charles Dickens was imprisoned there in 1824 and it features in two of his books, David Copperfield and Little Dorrit.

Fulham Palace, beside the Thames in West London, was the home of the Bishops of London for almost 1,300 years. Read the history of the palace here thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/the…